Caryn Outten receives $2.1 million grant

Posted on: May 16, 2016; Updated on: May 16, 2016

Caryn Outten, associate professor and Guy F. Lipscomb professor of chemistry, biochemistry
and molecular biology, received a 5-year grant from the National Institute of General
Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health totaling more than $2.1 million.

The project, "Mechanisms of Iron and Thiol Redox Regulation in Yeast," continues her
research focused on defining the fundamental biochemistry of an essential mineral,
iron.

The eukaryote S. cerevisiae, better known as baker’s yeast, is a model species that
is providing scientists with a better understanding of iron metabolism in humans.
Outten’s research in the department of chemistry and biochemistry bridges the fields
of redox biology and bioinorganic chemistry.